Before moving on to the results for the monthly challenges, here is a brief glimpse of birding in April by-the-numbers (with the previous month in brackets).
No. of birders: 4,149 (4,776)
Number of observations: 6.8 lakh (8.5 lakh)
Number of lists (all types): 39,729 (51,317)
Number of species: 1,084 (1,094)
Number of lists with media: 4,325 (4,457)
The challenge for April was to upload 20 or more rated photos or audio recordings to your April 2023 checklists. A total of 105 birders met the target!
Adhirup Ghosh, Adil Ali, Ains Priestman, Ajay Sarvagnam, Ajoy Kumar Dawn, Amanda Johnston, Amar Narayan, Amrit Raha, Anand Birdlife, Ananyaa Dobhal, Angeline Mano M, Anshu Arora, Arden Anderson, Arijit Banerjee, Arindam Roy, Arulvelan Thillainayagam, Arun Prabhu, Ashok Agarwal, Bijoy Venugopal, Birder Baba, Carlos Pedro, Charley Hesse, Chitra Shanker, Debasish Chatteerjee, Dibyendu Biswas, Dipankar Dev, Dr Mohammed Umer Sharieff, Gaja Mohanraj, Garima Bhatia, Ghanshyam Prasad Bhanware, Giri Tirumale, Girish Chhatpar, H Nambiar, Haemoglobin Dr, Harish Dobhal, Hemant Kirola, Jagdish Negi, Jageshwer Verma, Janardhan Uppada, Jayadev Menon, Jonathan Barnaby, Kakul Paul, Kalpesh Gaitonde, Kalpesh Krishna, Kusumita Medhekar, Lakshmi Bharadwaj, Lakshmikant Neve, Madhu Gupta, Mandar Tijare, Maneesh Rajvanshi, Manju Sinha, Manoj Kumar Mk1, Mark Robbins, Mathew Thekkethala, Mehala Kumar, Michael Henry, Mohan Asampalli, Neeraja V, Painted Stork, Parthasarathi Chakrabarti, Philip Steiner, Prachee J, Pranav Pula, Praveen Chavan, Prem Prakash Garg, Raghavendra Pai, Rajiv R, Rajkumar Das, Ramesh Shenai, Ranjeet Rane, Ranjeet Singh, Ravi Jesudas, Sahana M, Samakshi Tiwari, Samim Akhter, Sandeep Biswas, Sanjiv Khanna, Sankalp Rajvanshi, Sarabjeet Kaur, Savio Fonseca, Sergio Rivero Beneitez, Sharad Apte, Shashikiran Ganesh, Shilpa Gadgil, Shyamkumar Puravankara, Sidharth Srinivasan, Simon Rb Thompson, Sourashis Mukhopadhyay, Sourav Mandal, Spoorthi Nagaraju, Sreekumar Chirukandoth, Sriram Reddy, Srushti Bokil, Steffin Babu, Sudip Simha, Supriya Kulkarni, Ted Burkett, Tina Shangloo, Udaya Kumar Balasubramanian, V Sitaram, Vidhya Swaminathan, Vijaya Lakshmi, Vikram S, Vinay K L, Vivek Saggar.
Congratulations to all these birders!
The above list does not include group accounts and those with no identifiable names.
From these 105 names, one was drawn using a computer-generated random number. This person is Ananyaa Dobhal who receives a binoculars harness (by Safari Buff) as a small gift in appreciation.
Are you doing your best to match the target for May?
Also, see here for the fresh set of yearlong challenges for 2023!
Header Image: Plumbeous Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus by Rajkumar Das/ Macaulay Library
